Description
Taiwan's winter tradition with a spectacular performance. Chicken and herbs are simmered entirely in 'Rice Wine' without a drop of water, flambéed right before serving to burn off alcohol.
Restaurants serving Flaming Rice Wine Chicken
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Bone-in free-range chicken
- Rice wine(massive)
- Black sesame oil
- Ginger(Lao Jiang)
- Herbs like Dong Quai
- Salt
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [Chicken & Ginger Sauté] Heat plenty of 'Black Sesame Oil' in a clay pot (or wok), fragrantly sauté thick-sliced ginger (Lao Jiang) until crispy.
- Toss in chopped bone-in Taiwanese free-range chicken (Tu Ji), sauté until surface color changes.
- [100% Rice Wine Simmer] Without a drop of water, dump multiple bottles of Taiwan's 'Red Label Rice Wine (22% ABV)' until chicken is completely submerged.
- Add a spice bag with Dong Quai, lovage, cassia, goji berries.
- [Ritual of Flame] When boiling, 'ignite' the rice wine directly in the pot with a lighter. Blue flames rise tens of centimeters (careful!); wait until alcohol completely burns off and flames die naturally (leaves only the wine's sweetness).
- Season only with a little salt, serve piping hot.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Sweet rice wine aroma、black sesame oil、Dong Quai
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Chicken thigh, Japanese pure rice cooking wine (hard to ignite)
Pairing
Mianxian(add vermicelli into the soup)
Trivia
[For Adults] Almost identical ingredients to 'Ma You Ji', but characterized by the 'flambé performance' and herbal strength. A famous sight on Taiwanese winter nights is surrounding pots shooting blue flames on restaurant terraces. The intense wine sweetness and ginger power make you want to strip off your down jacket. The ultimate warm-up pot.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Drink the soup, which has become 'ultimately sweet and mellow' after the alcohol burned off, chewing ginger and chicken while feeling the heat radiating from within!
Allergen
Chicken, Sesame